Captain Bligh's Tomb

Captain Bligh's tomb is my favourite thing about the Garden Museum in Lambeth. There are actually two reasons why this church is special to me. The two main documentaries I've made are about The Mutiny on the Bounty and Pedlars.
By chance there is a "Pedlars Window" in this church because a pedlar who did very well for himself once donated an acre of land to the church of St Mary at Lambeth on the condition that they remember him here. The pedlar's acre is now where County Hall stands, the irony being that if you try to peddle your wares there today you get closed down by the council.
In the garden is Captain Bligh's tomb and he really was a remarkable sailor and navigator. He witnessed the death of Captain Cook in Hawaii and was more famously known as the captain who was set adrift in the Pacific Ocean by Fletcher Christian and a gang of mutineers in 1790.
He managed to navigate his way back to Timor in the Dutch East Indies with just a sextant and his memory. There were 19 in the boat and he only lost one man to a savage tribe on an unfriendly island of Tofua.
The maps he drew were still in operation until satellite navigation came in.
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[@ToonandBBfan]

Captain Bligh was a fantastic sailor.

[@canturgan]

Bligh was an incredible navigator who went on to be Governor of New South Wales.

[@Joolzguides]

Yes, he's my hero. Check out my film Take Me To Pitcairn if you haven't already. You might like it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faOafoqudqmhodE

[@vonVince]

.....ironically his governorship was ended by a mutiny.

[@chrismc410]

I'm sure wherever he is now, he is flogging the soul out Fletcher Christian for all eternity

[@2007Teina]

Whereupon he was mutineed once again 😂

[@JamesJohnson-bo9pt]

I must pay my respects and visit here when next I am in London. Admiral Bligh accomplished so much from his small boat historic navigation to his work on the Dublin harbor, his posting to Australia. He accomplished much which is greatly ignored being remembered only for the infamous mutiny which tainted and biased the perceptions of the general public. On another note, have you considered includng "The Allies Bench" on New Bond street in a future video? Sorry to go on like a great "bother" but I consider your short videos absolutely top drawer information and entertainment for the purpise of experiencing London.

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks James. I just walked past it the other day. Yes, I do want to. There is so much to cover in London and especially around that area! I'll just have to add it to the queue but that's a great idea. Cheers for your support and do spread the word about the films!

[@austinguidry2]

Hey man, just watched Take Me to Pitcairn and loved it! Working my way through a slew of other videos - your work is fantastic!

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks mate! You've cheered me up!

[@Gameboob]

Please keep making videos. You guys are great guides. I just want to keep listening to your voice, I think its the particular accent... well maybe the humour too. You guys definitely deserve a few more hundred thousand subscribers.

[@MrTomomahony]

another gem ,thanks Jools

[@KiskeyaLife]

I've been obsessed with Pitcairn since I found it on Google Earth and then researched the living daylights out of it... and of course I had to watch your film! Great work mate! Seriously an adventure of a life-time! And now I'm going through your London vids! Love it all! As a fellow tour-guide-making-youtube-videos I'll have to steal some of your energy for inspiration. Cheers mate and thanks! ;-)

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks. I'm glad you like them. Yes, it's quite hard work but finally paying off...just about!

[@SeanRCope]

A man who didn’t have a single friend.

[@fatherpaulstone896]

What about his wife Betsy ?

[@zdrastvutye]

i have heard the bounty play on a vinyl disc in the 70s before there were video players available, and i remember the voice threatening with the "cat with 9 tails" or "cat o nine tails"

[@Joolzguides]

For the ful story watch my film Take Me To Pitcairn!

[@PiperStart]

I suggest reading Fitzsimmonds book about the mutiny. It is well researched and written sympathetically about all the participants. Bligh's reputation was impugned by high-born relatives of the mutineers at the court-martial held in London and at which Bligh was unfortunately for himself not present.

[@triffidgrower]

The best part about Bligh's inability to successfully command at all levels, was that, having incited the Rum Rebellion in Australia, he was replaced by Lachlan Macquarie, a true visionary for the fledgling colony.

[@Jacksbox11]

Very interesting! Nicely put together, too! Cheers from Ottawa ☺

[@Joolzguides]

Cheers again! Yes, the actual whole documentary I made about the Bounty is a pretty decent effort. It's here kzbin.info/www/bejne/faOafoqudqmhodE

[@joeypinter7264]

in 2001 i went to England to see two things. the observatory at Greenwich and Adm. Blighs grave.

[@jennasanders4211]

Hes a ancestor of mine

[@homestead44]

BRILLIANT 🇬🇧

[@MrDaiseymay]

A full-on close-up of Bligh's grave headstone, would have been preferred.

[@Joolzguides]

Yes, for some reason I couldn't frame it right or maybe there was something wrong with the light. I think there's a better one in my film Take Me To Pitcairn.

[@essexracer27]

I was there yesterday and went up the 131 steep stairs to the tower and they are steep :) they do a awesome cup of coffee in the café there as well

[@Joolzguides]

Yes, they've done a good job. I go up the tower in my Lambeth video but the lady wasn't very helpful on the door even though I was doing them a favour!

[@essexracer27]

I'm actually loving your videos , I just picked up a book called bizzare and curious londons secrets by Graeme Chesters which is awesome , I would love to go up the tower at night to photograph off the top London lit up at night is amazing , I was also surprised to see it was ten quid to look round inside the church , however I grabbed a coffee and came in the door by the toilets and that way you bypass the ten quid if it was a fiver entry I wouldn't mind but ten quid is a tad steep

[@jimtheboless8011]

I need to go visit next time I’m in the smoke, I visited the war museum and when I came out I didn’t realise that across the road was blight house

[@TiddleIX]

Captain Bligh was at the Battle of Copenhagen with Nelson. Nelson apparently didn't think much of him as a fighting captain, but he seems to have done O.K. at the Battle.

[@Ketoko77]

Hello Joolz, a big fan from Tbilisi, country of Georgia. I do not know if you see my comment, can you do a video on Anna Pavlova a ballerina, she lived in Hampstead. I saw her house , now sold.

[@FooFahFoeFum]

You should look into Remote Viewing Institute, ( internet - remote viewing) for the possibility that Fletcher Christian returned to England after the mutiny.

[@1888swordsman]

Gov. of NSW during the "Rum Rebellion" too, poor bloke couldn't get a break

[@Cass2112]

Cheese robber bligh 🧀🤣

[@1973Washu]

He was a genius navigator but his talents didn't extend to leadership. He lost the Bounty to mutiny and under his leadership, Australia had the Rum Rebellion. One mutiny is bad luck, but two is cause for suspicion and this seems to be an opinion shared by some people in the Admiralty since he ended his career with a promotion to vice-admiral without a command while being assigned to administrative duties was probably a move by the Admiralty to keep him out of trouble while saving face. Outwardly he was rewarded for his service, but internally he was never placed into a situation where he might cause another rebellion.

[@Joolzguides]

Yes, I don't doubt he had a prickly temper and was probably a bit stern and "school teacher" like. I'm not sure if he would have made a good football manager.... more of a Mourinho than a Klopp I reckon.

[@willford8475]

Aaah, The Bounty - A well known chocolate bar!

[@lincolnkarim1]

How come you promoted Anthony Hopkins version and not Charles Laughton's?

[@Joolzguides]

Funnily enough I prefer the Hopkins one. It's closer to what actually happened although I've read a few differing versions of events so it's hard to tell. Normally I prefer the older versions but liked the Hopkins one

[@simonhawker9277]

the man who ate his boots

[@martynb901]

That was Sir John Franklin

[@simonhawker9277]

@@martynb901 so it was.Bligh was a great sailor whatever else

[@martynb901]

@@simonhawker9277 True. And the thought of eating his boots must have crossed his mind at some point when he was cut adrift!

[@simonhawker9277]

Lol indeed!

[@sheo9619]

You do know what tonga did to that other guy

[@sharjeelkhan7437]

The style of this tomb was used in the movie labyrinth Jennifer Connolly

[@simonsimon8572]

Captain Bligh got a bad rap. He had a Big Cabaza.

[@ettawing5955]

01:32 Where is the Endeavor Straits?

[@Joolzguides]

I think they are just north of Australia....I might be wrong

[@2007Teina]

You should fact check your info. You'll be disappointed by just how much Fletcher Christian gave to Bligh and his crew.

[@abominusrex3205]

All because of a few coconuts 🌴

[@Mr91495osh]

He was assigned Governor of Australia and Australia sent him back to England in chains. A terrific navigator..Yes. A good leader…Absolutely NOT!

[@mgrainger3805]

So joolzy why aren't you married?

[@Joolzguides]

ha ha.. Marriage isn't a word, it's a sentence.

[@robertbrown8362]

Why no longer called st Mary of Lambeth?please tell me its not a failed vain attempt to eradicate any connections to the Son of God from the public

[@Joolzguides]

Well I think it's because it's no longer a church. It is actually a museum inside. A lot of churches have ended up being turned into flats or pubs and stuff these days. I should go back and film inside if they let me.

[@robertbrown8362]

Fun London Guides - Julian McDonnell Films ok thanks ,listening to the audio adaption of captain bligh bought me over to your very interesting vid,keep it up

[@Joolzguides]

Did you also see my film Take Me To Pitcairn? That's much better than this one!

[@robertbrown8362]

Fun London Guides - Julian McDonnell Films no,but i will watch it,thanks

[@simonsimon8572]

Captain Bligh had a hot 🔥 wife. Fletcher C. Was Jealous.

[@philwilliams2505]

This comentaor went to ptcairn island and he and his fellow passengers did nothing but whine and moan it was an awfull fest of human privalidge at it's worse....they made out they were walking in the history of the bounty in fact they were just a pain in the arse to the people who Actualy have to live in the aftermath of the mutiny itself...it was awfull to watch and so cringeworthy